Pediatric Voice Therapy Part 3: Introduction to Pediatric Voice Therapy
Presented by Maia Nystrum Braden
Non-Financial: Maia Nystrum Braden has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Meet your instructor
Maia Nystrum Braden
Maia Braden, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist with eleven years of experience working in voice and voice disorders. She became interested in speech pathology as a singer and earned her MS in Communicative Disorders at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. From there, she completed a clinical fellowship in voice…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction to Pediatric Voice Therapy
This chapter will introduce the basic principles of voice therapy, the evidence behind why it is important, and the literature supporting the efficacy of voice therapy in treating voice disorders in children. We will also discuss the logistics of a typical course of voice therapy in the outpatient clinical setting.
2. Principles of Pediatric Voice Therapy
This chapter will address the physiologic and learning principles behind voice therapy. It will provide a brief introduction to several commonly used voice therapy approaches and the rationale behind them.
3. Planning Voice Therapy
This chapter will discuss how to formulate a treatment plan including appropriate goals and strategies, based on the information from the evaluation.
4. Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises
This chapter will introduce the theoretical and physiologic principles behind exercises with a semi-occluded vocal tract. We will demonstrate commonly used exercises and discuss how these can be adapted to different age levels.
5. Flow Phonation
This chapter will introduce the theoretical and physiologic principles behind flow phonation exercises. We will demonstrate flow mode and discuss how it can be adapted to different age levels.
6. Case Studies
This chapter will expand on the information introduced in the previous chapter through a series of case studies. The history, acoustic/aerodynamic assessment, and treatment plan for three pediatric cases will be explored.
More courses in this series
Pediatric Voice Therapy Part 1: Introduction to Pediatric Voice Disorders
Maia Nystrum Braden
Pediatric Voice Therapy Part 2: Pediatric Voice Evaluation
Maia Nystrum Braden
Pediatric Voice Therapy Part 3: Introduction to Pediatric Voice Therapy
Maia Nystrum Braden
Pediatric Voice Therapy Part 4: Resonant Voice Therapy for Children
Maia Nystrum Braden
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